NO FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE: Oppose Andrew Wheeler for EPA Director

Feb 6, 2019

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Quick Action

Former coal lobbyist and acting EPA director Andrew Wheeler has been nominated by Trump to take over the position permanently. The Senate could vote on his confirmation as early as THIS WEEK. Call senators Collins and King and tell them to vote NO on Wheeler.

THE ISSUE

Former coal lobbyist and acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler has been nominated to take the position permanently. Confirmed by the Senate in April 2018 to be deputy administrator, Wheeler took over as acting administrator when Scott Pruitt resigned in July amid investigations of widepsread ethical violations. In his 10 months at the EPA, Wheeler has:

Issued a proposal to change the way the EPA calculates the benefit of environmental protections, a move that could dismantle regulations that have reduced mercury pollution and particulate matter from coal-fired power plants.

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